On Dec. 4 and 5, the AMA will welcome some of the finest woman motorcyclists to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. On Friday night, AMA will salute the racing community at the Racing Championship Banquet. Then on Saturday evening, motorcycling heroes of the past and present will be honored at the 2009 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Women to be honored are: Mona Ehnes, who will be inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in recognition of her decades of championing of off-road riders’ rights. Leslie Porterfield who won the AMA Racing Female Rider of the Year on her turbo Busa. Attendees will be able to feast their eyes on some of the most beautiful bikes ever created at the 2009 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Concours d’Elegance. Only the most compelling original or painstakingly restored vintage motorcycles are invited to participate in this show. Tickets to these gala events, which include dinner, are just $49 per person for either night or $89 for both nights. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster. (picture of Leslie Poterfield).

Congratulations to Leslie. On a sour note, the ONLY group that has been consistently rude to me since I first took up motorcycling has been the AMA. Cancelled my membership after the first two years. Most recently, was signing up for a ride in Vermont, when I got an email from — you guessed it — the AMA. It was an affidavit to be signed that my motorcycle complied with Vermont law. Naturally, the “law” wasn’t appended. So, being a lawyer, I declined to sign the “affidavit” since I don’t want to lose my ticket to practice over a false statement. And, naturally, not allowed to participate in the ride. I don’t really care since I would never have signed up if I realized it was AMA ride in the first place, because of previous problems, but…to the extent the blog is for motorcyclists, and I love motorcycling and I have had nothing but good experience with fellow motorcyclists with the exception of the AMA, I thought I would comment.